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Two mins of perfect from Kathy Evans Listening to this is a good start to the day... Working with love 💓

I'm not sure a pronunciation difference on the correct answer of "arrabiatta" makes it a wrong answer And accepting it would have changed the winner of the whole round #MastermindBBC

I'm old enough to remember when 6m+ people signed a petition to remain in the EU How many people signing today's big petition for a General Election were calling for that earlier one to be enacted? Petitionary democracy ain't what it's cracked up to be petition.parliament.uk/archived/petit…

Dear media (2): More people are on health/disability benefits because more people are ill. they’re iller for longer because: A. Getting treatment is hard & takes ages. B. We trap them in abject poverty. NOT because disability benefits are too easy to get or too generous. 1/2

I can't be the only person who'd love to employ more ppl, but is instead calculating the impact of the huge hike in employers' tax on jobs, wondering how to raise *a lot* more income just to pay it - and struggling to see the joined up thinking btw the Budget & this strategy 👇

The #CYPNowAwards have started!✨ Our wonderful Helpline team have been shortlisted for The Advice and Guidance Award. It’s fantastic to be in a room with so many incredible organisations who support children and young people across the UK.🫶🏼

If you’ve not watched the fantastic Children England legacy podcasts, do. This is such a clear, considered & still eviscerating look at the impact on charities of markets and commissioning. Kudos Kathy Evans 👏 youtu.be/ftHn40q5Is0?fe…

This night last year, I had shingles, and was deep in the middle of closing @ChildrenEngland at the #CYPNowAwards Tonight I'm here, proudly part of the NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) team, and presenting the Charity of the Year award (No, I've no idea who won!) What a difference a year makes ❤️

So deserved...everyday our team to listen and give a voice to young people feeling alone and voiceless NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) #helplinechampions #CYPNowAwards

The Illegal Migration Act was so wildly expensive because the govt effectively barred itself from deciding asylum claims from small boat migrants, but couldn't send them to Rwanda It was, and remains, the most insane law I have ever seen.This is from May: inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

NEW Might remember I cornered Rwandan President Paul Kagame in January and asked if UK would get money back if no migrants were transferred to Rwanda… answer revealed today: Govt paid £715m so far until June of this year “not recoverable under the terms of the Treaty”

Really significant move in terms of the direct impact on child poverty & pressure to scrap the policy nationally. Along with the child payment & the work on a minimum income guarantee, Scotland is playing a key role stretching the social security debate ft.com/content/2aa89d…

The Lib Dems went from 11 MPs in the 2019 GE to 72 MPs in 2024. But hey, don't let that stop the BBC endlessly talking about Reform and their 5 MPs #r4today

I really don't want to diss the whole private sector, but bankers do NOT represent them.... And it was bankers who plunged the economy into the long term depths of austerity, so I really don't see why they should be given oversight of public spending too theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

So wonderful to have Lauren R-T join us at Oasis UK Village Hope Hack. Our commitment to support CHILD FAIR STATE report has never wavered!! Lauren’s speech at Children England closure last year web.archive.org/web/2024022123… Just as relevant today as it was then! #ChildFairState

“The quality of service has, in my view, gone down.” Lord Laming – who led a public inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie in 2000 – tells #BBCPM cuts to public services has reduced the number of front line staff working on early intervention in child protection.

Two star real estate brokers were charged in New York with sex trafficking on Wednesday in what federal authorities alleged were assaults against dozens of women over more than a decade on.ft.com/3ZLTdzc

Important piece by Alison Holt on the real life consequences of the National Insurance Contribution changes for people with a learning disability.

The UK economy was already hard for anyone trying to do decent work in it. The Budget has made it worse for any business/charity trying to make ends meet If it'd been a "pasty tax" it would've been reversed already. But NIC rises already closed 2 companies & 1 charity I know of

‘We can’t believe you would just trust us’: why social assistance shouldn’t come with strings attached theconversation.com/we-cant-believ… via The Conversation